New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- India is likely sitting on a mine of urban waste if we consider a report that says Europe's electronic waste generated will lead to the extraction of 1 million tonnes of critical raw minerals (CRMs) if extracted annually.

The report in question was released today, which is also the International E-Waste Day, by the FutuRAM consortium, a European Union-funded institution.

The report provides comprehensive data on how electronic and electrical equipment (EEE) travel from sale to their end-of-life across the European Union, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Iceland, and Norway.

In 2022, Europe generated 10.7 million tonnes of e-waste, of which 54 per cent was managed as per compliances required. From this e-waste, around ...